'The reform of the Transparency Law. 11th Congress on the Advances of Open Government. 7th Congress on Good Governance and Transparency'. The congress will take place on Monday 29 April 2024 in the Faculty of Law (Tarongers Campus, Department of Constitutional Law, Joaquín Tomás Villarroya Hall).

On Monday 29 April 2024, the Joaquín Tomás Villarroya Hall (located in the Department of Constitutional Law of the UV's Faculty of Law) will become a place for debate and reflection on transparency and good governance. The 11th Congress on the Advances of Open Government and the 8th Congress on Good Governance and Transparency, to be held in the Valencian Community will bring together renowned experts and academics to discuss the reform of the Transparency Law.

The event will begin at 9:30 with an opening ceremony, followed by a series of conferences on several crucial aspects related to the nature of the right of access, its purpose and scope, as well as its interaction with other regimes.

After a coffee break, the event will continue with panel discussions on the effectiveness, limits and exercise of the right of access. In these discussions, experts will share their analyses and reflections, moderated by Lorenzo Cotino, Full Professor of Constitutional Law.

The event will conclude with debates on active publicity, guarantors, the sanctions system and enforcement, with the participation of distinguished experts from various bodies.

The event, sponsored by the PAGODA Chair of the UV and the General Direction of Transparency and Participation, of the Presidency of the Valencian Government, aims to become a space for dialogue, pivotal to continue strengthening the transparency and good governance in the Valencian Community Collaborators:

• Inter-university Institute for Local Development
• UV's Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science
• R+D+I Project of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICINN) Challenges PID2019-108710RB-I00, 2020-2022: 'Rights and guarantees in the face of automated decision in Artificial Intelligence, IoT, big data and robotics environments'
• Derecho TICs network: network of experts in Information and Communication Technology Law

PROGRAMME (PDF)

Monday 29 April 2024

• 9:30 – Opening ceremony
  • Director-General of Transparency, Attention to Citizenship and Good Governance Generalitat Valenciana
  • Javier Palao, Dean of the Faculty of Law
  • Jorge Castellanos, Co-director of the PAGODA Chair
  • Lorenzo Cotino, Director of the Congress
• 10:00 – Table 1 Conferences: Nature of the right of access, aim, scope of the law and its interaction with other regimes:
  • 'Aim and subjective scope', Severiano Fernández Ramos, Full Professor of Administrative Law, University of Cádiz
  • 'Nature of the right of access and enforcement of the law for constitutional bodies', Yolanda Gómez Sánchez, Full Professor of Constitutional Law, UNED; former Director of the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (CEPC)
  • 'Legal and constitutional conformity of the law and proposals for reform concerning the nature of the right and the various special regimes', Eloísa Pérez Conchillo, Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher
  • Debate moderated by Remedio Sánchez Ferriz, Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universitat de València
• Coffee break
• 12:30 – Table 2 Conferences: Effectiveness, limits and exercise of the right of access:
  • 'The effectiveness of the right of access: proposals for reform of the Transparency Law', Isaac Martín Delgado, Full Professor of Administrative Law, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Director of the UCLM Chair for Open Government
  • 'The limits of the State Law and its interaction with regional laws, in particular economic and commercial interests', Clara I. Velasco Rico, Vice-president of the Commission for Guaranteeing the Right of Access to Public Information (GAIP); Serra Húnter Associate Professor of Administrative Law at the UPF
  • 'Audience of interested third parties and limits of data protection', Jesús Jiménez López, Director of the Council of Transparency and Data Protection of Andalusia
  • Debate moderated by Lorenzo Cotino, Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universitat de València
• Lunchtime
• 15:45 – Table 3 Conferences: Active publicity, guarantors, the sanctions system and enforcement:
  • 'The reform of active publicity', Miguel Ángel Blanes, PhD in Law and Legal Technicial of the Valencian Community Ombudsman
  • 'Guarantors in the reform of the law', Rafael Rubio Núñez, Full Professor of Constitutional Law; President of the Council of Transparency and Participation of the Community of Madrid
  • 'Proposal for reforms on the enforcement of transparency obligations and sanctions system', Joaquín Meseguer Yebra, Academic Network of International Open Government; Coordinator of the transparency group of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP)
  • Debate moderated by Raquel Valle, Professor of Political Science at the Universitat de València